The cops will start sending underage people to hang out at locations like this and then arrest anyone offering them weed. The best part is that the taxes on legal weed will pay the cost of this sort of enforcement. The wild west didn't last forever and neither will this.

Tr0mBoNe:They're gonna have to... government weed is going to be expensive. Dealers are going to be around forever.

Depends on the province. Alberta has private weed stores, and there will be a lot more of them than in Ontario. And its also legal to grow your own here. The major black market will be targeting underage kids.

Lord Bear:Tr0mBoNe: They're gonna have to... government weed is going to be expensive. Dealers are going to be around forever.

Depends on the province. Alberta has private weed stores, and there will be a lot more of them than in Ontario. And its also legal to grow your own here. The major black market will be targeting underage kids.

We cant grow in MD, but they've got such a selection of strains legally available that I really don't need to. The market is saturated but prices are still a bit high, but I got my license, so legal.

Lord Bear:Tr0mBoNe: They're gonna have to... government weed is going to be expensive. Dealers are going to be around forever.

Depends on the province. Alberta has private weed stores, and there will be a lot more of them than in Ontario. And its also legal to grow your own here. The major black market will be targeting underage kids.

Growing will be legal everywhere (although Manitoba and Quebec are trying to nix it).

Lord Bear:Tr0mBoNe: They're gonna have to... government weed is going to be expensive. Dealers are going to be around forever.

Depends on the province. Alberta has private weed stores, and there will be a lot more of them than in Ontario. And its also legal to grow your own here. The major black market will be targeting underage kids.

I offer free pot to friends and family when they come to visit. One good plant per season is way more than I will smoke. I have three this season. I started six seeds; all of them sprouted, and all of them female. I gave three of them away. Gonna be a really fat year.

davynelson:at least Doug Ford (Trump Lite) has the sense to let small dispensaries sell it, unlike the previous government that wanted a monopoly.

I worry this will be used as an excuse to further delay, at least here in Ontario. Just a little over 2 months 'til Oct. 17, and this change by Dougie must be throwing a wrench into the works. The LCBO created a corporation (Ontario Cannabis Stores), announced a president, must have hired some staff, was actively siting store locations (40 at first, 180 by 2010 if I recall). Perhaps leases and contracts signed. What happens to that system?

Don't get me wrong. I don't like Dougie, but I like this move. Maybe he'll get fed up with the costs and confusion, even if self-generated, and say "F! it! If you sell cigs or alcohol now you can just add cannabis to your inventory." and "If you grow or sell cannabis now, carry on!".